Veil-fastener.



G. CHEYNE.

VElL FASTENER.

APPLICATION F|LED1uLY11.1913.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FETCH GERTRUDE CHEYNE, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

VIEIL-FASTENER,

Application tiled July 11, 1913.

To all -Nwm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Gnn'rnrms CHEYNE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veil-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in veil fasteners, and the ob'ect of the invention is to rovide a simp e and efficient device by which the lower edge of a veil may be easily secured about the neck of the wearer, thus enabling the upper portion of the veil to be thrown up over the head or hat of the wearer and fastened, and by which the veil may be adjusted to the wearers face in a smooth and unwrinkled manner.

`With the above object in view, the invention consists in the fastener for veils hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating one embodiment o the invention` Figure l is a view showing a veil with the fastener in place upon the wearer, and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a veil showing the fastener open and secured to the edge of the veil.

As illustrated in the drawin the fastener comprises a band 10, which 1s preferabl made of velvet ribbon or the like, althoug any other suitable material may be employed. The ends of the band are provided with interenga ing fastenin means, referably of the wel nown ba l-and-soc et, or glove fastener type. To one end of the band 1'0 a ball-member 12 is secured, and to the other end of said band a socket-member 14 Specification o( Letters Patent.

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is secured. The length of the band is such that when clasped about the neck of the wearer it fits comfortably tight.

The band is secured to the middle portion of the edge of the veil 16, preferably by sewing, allowing a slight fullness of the veilin as it is sewed to the band. In use the ban is adjusted around the neck, then the veil is thrown up over the hat and tied upon the hat, or the ends secured together in any desired manner. Thus the veil is held firmly at the bottom around the neck and head of the wearer, and can be quickly applied or removed. This fastener is particularly adapted for automobiling as it holds the veil securely against movement by the wind.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In combination with a veil of a neck strip therefor comprising an inelastic flexible band secured mid-len th one mar inal edge of the veil, the veil eing slight y full or gathered at its point of connection with the and, said band projectinfr in part and throughout its length beyond said veil edge, and coperating fastening means carried by the respective ends of the band beyond the veil edge.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GERTRUDE CHEYNE.

TWitnees:

GEORGE CLARENDON Honoris, CHAs. F. Hows.

Copies of this patent muy be obtained for ave conta cach, by addressing the "Commissioner of Yatents, Washington, D. 0, 

